Rock Cycle

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Across
  1. 2. hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure, or solid rock resulting from cooling of this.
  2. 5. the process of splitting into thin sheets or laminae.
  3. 7. hot fluid or semifluid material below or within the earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rock is formed on cooling.
  4. 9. relating to or characteristic of a region.
  5. 11. soft, finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs.
  6. 14. the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported.
  7. 15. a hard, unreactive, colorless compound which occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.
  8. 17. the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
  9. 19. continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
  10. 21. a viscous liquid derived from petroleum, especially for use as a fuel or lubricant.
  11. 22. a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities.
  12. 23. the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.
  13. 25. the state of being thick, sticky, and semifluid in consistency, due to internal friction.
  14. 26. denoting rocks composed of broken pieces of older rocks.
  15. 27. relating to chemistry, or the interactions of substances as studied in chemistry.
  16. 29. causing disruption or annoyance through being unwelcome or uninvited.
  17. 32. the quality of being hot; high temperature.
  18. 33. do not have a platy or sheet-like structure.
Down
  1. 1. a salt of the anion CO32−, typically by reaction with carbon dioxide.
  2. 3. relating to, denoting, or containing a group of dark-colored, mainly ferromagnesian minerals such as pyroxene and olivine.
  3. 4. relating to or derived from living matter.
  4. 6. relating to or denoting a group of light-colored minerals including feldspar, feldspathoids, quartz, and muscovite.
  5. 8. the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.
  6. 10. a body of intrusive igneous rock.
  7. 12. the state or condition of physical touching.
  8. 13. a metamorphic rock with a banded or foliated structure, typically coarse-grained and consisting mainly of feldspar, quartz, and mica.
  9. 16. coming between two things in time, place, order, character, etc.
  10. 17. turn from liquid into vapor.
  11. 18. how big or small something is
  12. 20. relating to or denoting rock that has been extruded at the earth's surface as lava or other volcanic deposits.
  13. 24. process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock.
  14. 28. rock consisting of angular fragments cemented together.
  15. 30. a fine-grained gray, green, or bluish metamorphic rock easily split into smooth, flat pieces.
  16. 31. wheat or any other cultivated cereal crop used as food.